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Between Ubuntu 7.10 and Ubuntu 8.10, hotkey handling has been in a state
of flux due to changes in the underlying architecture. As of Ubuntu
9.04, these issues should all be resolved, and the Fn+F7 hotkey on
ThinkPad l
Quoting Daniel T Chen:
> Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10?
I haven't moved to 8.10 yet. I'll let you know if (when) I do.
Albert
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IBM R52 Laptop, LCD/CRT toggle doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159185
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Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10?
** Changed in: hotkey-setup (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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IBM R52 Laptop, LCD/CRT toggle doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159185
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According to linux-2.6.23/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt:
[quote]
The hot key bit mask allows some control over which hot keys generate
events. If a key is "masked" (bit set to 0 in the mask), the firmware
will handle it. If it is "unmasked", it signals the firmware that
thinkpad-acpi would pref
I reinstalled 7.10 and figured out how to change the mask in
/proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey. I tried a number of things:
echo "0x8f" > hotkey #Fn+F7 stops showing up in /var/log/acpi, but
video switch still doesn't work.
echo "reset" > hotkey #Fn+F7 stops showing up in /var/log/acpi, but
video swit
Well, I just finished installing 7.04 and indeed the video switching
works just fine there.
In 7.10, I suspect it's a problem with the hotkey keymask in
/etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe
the contents of which are, by default:
options thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0x8f experimental=1
As n
